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Arson is the cause of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion
that killed 15 people, including 12 first responders, in April 2013. That’s
what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Houston division announced
today.

The ATF is now
offering a $50,000 reward for information on the supposed criminal act. No
arrests have been made, and the ATF is still looking for those responsible.
The
announcement comes roughly three weeks after the third anniversary of the
disaster.

(A
law enforcement vehicle drove through the blast area from the fertilizer plant explosion April 18, 2013, in West, Texas. Photo
by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency is about to
wrap up the comment period on its chemical security proposal on Friday. That
proposal aims to comply with a White House executive order issued after West
explosion. I wrote a recent story on the proposal, and it’s available for
subscribers, EPA
Rejects House Plea to Extend Chemical Security Outreach.

The Texas Attorney General opposes the proposal, which would
boost chemical information sharing and force companies to explore safer
manufacturing and housing methods.

Industry members and some lawmakers also oppose it. Those
critics say the rule will actually raise the risk of terrorism by making public
the details of their chemical storage.

Critics also say the EPA proposal wouldn’t have prevented the
West explosion, because it doesn’t cover ammonium nitrate, the chemical stored at
that facility.

The Labor and Homeland Security departments are pushing
forward with similar rules.

(The
remains of an apartment complex next to the fertilizer plant that exploded
in West, Texas. Photo
by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)

An ATF spokeswoman said the investigation took this long, because it involved about 400 interviews, extensive screening of available videos and a recreation of the environment.

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